What speakers to buy
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There are very few if any speakers that are "drop in" to a late AP1 (with separate
tweeters) or an AP2. That said, most 6.5"/6.75" components will fit with relatively
minor work.
The issues are:
1) you'll generally need to substitute a spacer up to 3/4" deep for the stock plastic
speaker basket
2) you'll need to fit the tweeter where the existing one is, which may mean trimming
it, or removing a built-in grill.
3) you need to find a place to put the crossovers - many will fit behind the door panel,
but not massively oversized ones. If it's not in the door, you'll need to run at least
another set of speaker wires into the door.
Keep in mind that most aftermarket component sets will not be adequately powered without
a separate amp, so if your plan is just the headunit, get ones with a high sensitivity
(efficiency) rating, 92dB or greater.
The conventional wisdom is to replace the headunit before the speakers in an AP2, though
I can't personally speak about that - in an early AP1, you can probably improve the sound
by replacing the speakers with ones torn out of a clock radio...
HTH
tweeters) or an AP2. That said, most 6.5"/6.75" components will fit with relatively
minor work.
The issues are:
1) you'll generally need to substitute a spacer up to 3/4" deep for the stock plastic
speaker basket
2) you'll need to fit the tweeter where the existing one is, which may mean trimming
it, or removing a built-in grill.
3) you need to find a place to put the crossovers - many will fit behind the door panel,
but not massively oversized ones. If it's not in the door, you'll need to run at least
another set of speaker wires into the door.
Keep in mind that most aftermarket component sets will not be adequately powered without
a separate amp, so if your plan is just the headunit, get ones with a high sensitivity
(efficiency) rating, 92dB or greater.
The conventional wisdom is to replace the headunit before the speakers in an AP2, though
I can't personally speak about that - in an early AP1, you can probably improve the sound
by replacing the speakers with ones torn out of a clock radio...
HTH
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I'm going to replace the hu once I can find one I like and then get the qube audio controls because I like those far too much to lose lol and an amp is a possibility but not anytime soon. I just want to hear music and not blown speakers but yes I want it to sound good
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Yea the headunit is the most important.
I think most of people here uses the Modifry DCI for the remote audio controls here.
Should also get the ebay speaker spacer and speaker wire adapter so you won't have to cut/drill in to the metal panel nor have to splice the wires at the doors.
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